Wednesday, August 12, 2015

How Atheists Find Meaning

Then read this this comment by Barry Arrington on the article. Arrington does nothing but sneer, saying the atheists in the article exhibit "gobsmacking stupidity", have a "lack of intellectual honesty" and "[spout] self-contradicting pseudo-profundities".

But he doesn't give a single example of what he thinks is wrong!

On a more personal note, who would you rather have lunch with? Arrington, or the genuine humans depicted in Buzzfeed, full of modesty, joy, sorrow, intellectual curiosity, and love?

Oh, Arrington has said much, much worse than that. He seems to despise everyone who disagrees with him, no matter how inconsistent and incoherent his own views are. A great example of that "Christian love" we hear so much about.

Which is quite possible. But his loaded question was of the same form: Have you stopped beating your wife?, and only accepting a yes or no answer. Just look at the way that Barry responds to people who disagree with him. Here are a few examples from recent posts:

"mahuna wants to objectify women and pursue them for sex with all of the moral discretion of a dog chasing a bitch in heat..."